Coronavirus: Private investors a possibility for provinces as Munster struggle

'The very existence of professional rugby on the island would be under significant threat in 2021'

Screengrab taken from Oireachtas TV of Philip Browne, the CEO of the IRFU, appearing at the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, who outlined the organisation's severe financial losses for the year. Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire

IRFU chief executive Philip Browne says that legacy issues have left Munster and Ulster in “greater difficulty” than the other two provinces since the onset of Covid-19.

Browne was among a party of sporting officials who addressed an Oireachtas committee yesterday and, while he painted a grim picture for the union as a central body, he explained that the situation facing the four professional provinces was even worse.